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56 lines
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# Chapter 74
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1 Why have you rejected us forever, God?
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Why does your anger burn
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against the sheep of your pasture?
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2 Remember your congregation,
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which you purchased long ago
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and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession.
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Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.
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3 Make your way to the perpetual ruins,
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to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.
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4 Your adversaries roared in the meeting place
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where you met with us.
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They set up their emblems as signs.
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5 It was like men in a thicket of trees,
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wielding axes,
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6 then smashing all the carvings
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with hatchets and picks.
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7 They set your sanctuary on fire;
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they utterly desecrated
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the dwelling place of your name.
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8 They said in their hearts,
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“Let’s oppress them relentlessly.”
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They burned every place throughout the land
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where God met with us.
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9 There are no signs for us to see.
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There is no longer a prophet.
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And none of us knows how long this will last.
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10 God, how long will the enemy mock?
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Will the foe insult your name forever?
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11 Why do you hold back your hand?
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Stretch out your right hand and destroy them!
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12 God my King is from ancient times,
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performing saving acts on the earth.
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13 You divided the sea with your strength;
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you smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the water;
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14 you crushed the heads of Leviathan;
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you fed him to the creatures of the desert.
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15 You opened up springs and streams;
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you dried up ever-flowing rivers.
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16 The day is yours, also the night;
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you established the moon and the sun.
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17 You set all the boundaries of the earth;
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you made summer and winter.
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18 Remember this: the enemy has mocked the Lord,
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and a foolish people has insulted your name.
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19 Do not give to beasts the life of your dove;
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do not forget the lives of your poor people forever.
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20 Consider the covenant,
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for the dark places of the land are full of violence.
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21 Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
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let the poor and needy praise your name.
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22 Rise up, God, champion your cause!
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Remember the insults
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that fools bring against you all day long.
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23 Do not forget the clamor of your adversaries,
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the tumult of your opponents that goes up constantly. |